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NBA announces record marketing partners for Paris Game

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that a record 17 marketing partners will support The NBA Paris Game 2023 Presented by Nike, which will feature the six-time NBA champion Chicago Bulls and the three-time NBA champion Detroit Pistons playing the league’s second regular-season game in Paris at the Accor Arena on January 19th. The […]

January 18, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Analysis: Live sports less of a key subs driver

According to research from home media consumer intelligence specialist Aluma, if their favourite TV sport moved its live games exclusively to a subscription streaming service such as Netflix or Prime Video, only 8 per cent of US pay-TV subscribers would definitely cancel. Among pay-TV subscribers that selected professional football as their favourite TV sport, 11 […]

November 1, 2022

NBA App to stream Wembanyama games

The NBA thas announced that all Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 games – featuring French star and top 2023 NBA Draft prospect Victor Wembanyama – will be available for free on the new NBA App throughout the 2022-23 LNB Betclic ELITE regular season and playoffs.  The live streams will debut on October 29th when the Metropolitans 92 […]

October 27, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Pixellot launches original show hosted by Dell Curry

Pixellot, a provider of AI-Automated sports video and analytics solutions, is partnering with MAGNET, Team Whistle’s Social Content Agency, to launch their first ever original series, “My First Coach” on October 28th on Pixellot’s YouTube page, as well as across Whistle’s social channels. Hosted by Dell Curry, former NBA All-star and current broadcaster for the […]

October 21, 2022

Verizon’s +play adds NBA streaming services

Verizon has announced that NBA League Pass, the league’s live game subscription service, and NBA TV, the league’s offering of 24/7 NBA content, are the latest additions to its +play service. With the NBA’s direct-to-consumer subscription services in +play, Verizon customers in the US will be able to access and manage their subscriptions to both […]

October 19, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Sky Sports remains UK home of NBA

Sky Sports will remain the home of NBA in the UK and Ireland for the 2022-23 season with 135 Regular Season games, the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City in February, NBA 360 multiplex, the NBA Play-In Tournament, the best matchups from Rounds 1 and 2 of the NBA Playoffs and every game […]

September 28, 2022By Nik Roseveare

NBA launches revamped NBA App

The NBA has announced the launch of the revamped NBA App, the all-in-one destination for NBA fans. With new personalisation features, the NBA App aims to provide wall-to-wall content from every NBA game and feature social-style vertical video, behind-the-scenes access to players and teams, new and existing shows and series, and access to the NBA […]

September 27, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Netflix, IOC partner on The Redeem Team

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Netflix have collaborated on The Redeem Team – a nostalgic celebratory look at the iconic 2008 US Olympic Men’s Basketball victory. The documentary film will debut globally on Netflix on October 7th. Using Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem Team tells the story of the US Olympic Men’s […]

August 22, 2022

More primetime NBA games for EMEA

The 2022-23 NBA regular season will feature 45 games that will air in primetime in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as part of NBA Saturdays and NBA Sundays presented by NBA 2K23, marking the 10th consecutive regular season that the league has scheduled weekend games that air in primetime in EMEA. The 45 games […]

August 18, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Stranger Things, Hustle hold on to Netflix top spots

The NBA season may be over, but Hustle, the inspirational basketball drama, stayed atop the Netflix English Films List for a second week with 57.19 million hours viewed in the week commencing June 13th. As Adam Sandler’s highest rated film on Rotten Tomatoes, Hustle continued to receive praise from press and fans alike and made […]

June 22, 2022